And he attempts to solve the impossible screenwriting quandry of ‘how do you make a screenplay work without any conflict???’ Genre: Christmas Hallmark Movie Premise: After inheriting a house in Vail, an event planner finds herself planning a giant food fest to save a local restaurant, all while spending a lot of time with the […]

Time to review the 2025 Black List’s best script! Genre: Drama Premise: (from Black List) In New York’s literary scene, a struggling writer, pressured by her famous novelist husband to have a baby, pens a tell-all article that goes viral. This sparks a dangerous battle of seduction, manipulation, and betrayal in the public and private […]

And a popular show reminds us of the power of a classic screenwriting tip This whole ‘Hollywood is dying narrative’ is sillier than a candy cane cobbler. Trust me, if Hollywood disappeared tomorrow and all we had were TikTok shorts and Youtube conspiracy videos, our society would implode. You know, a while back, I asked […]

Or will be in the next 60 minutes Talk about an early Christmas present! But I feel less like the kid and more like the parent agonizingly wrapping six thousand oddly shaped gifts.  That’s because I just spent 5 obscenely frustrating hours doing some backend work on my newsletter so that I can end all […]

I’m still on my Staycation, so I don’t know if I’ll get to my annual breakdown of each and every Black List logline. But I wanted to get this up here so that everybody could have a chance to discuss it. Here is the list! BEST SELLER by Matisse Haddad In New York’s literary scene, […]